Once again, my show(House) is put on the back burner while some other ridiculous program runs. Last week it was American Idol(see past entry) and this week it was George W. Bush. I really wish I could just talk about how much I dislike him but, I have to talk about a t.v. show.
I decided to choose Roseanne. I used to hate this show when I was younger. I didn't understand Roseanne's witty sarcasm until now. I actually find myself smiling and laughing out loud. For those of you who don't know what Roseanne is, it's a depiction of a lower to middle class family, The Connors. Roseanne is the mother who ultimately runs everything and everyone. She not only mocks her children but everyone she comes into contact with. She doesn't let anyone get the last word, either. She works in a diner with her sister, Jackie. Jackie is the opposite of Roseanne. She's not married and she's not that outspoken, as in mean. Roseanne's husband is Dan, who is an overweight mechanic who doesn't, in my opinion, do much of anything. He drinks a lot of beer and tries to make jokes that just aren't funny but I find myself laughing at because of how ridiculous he is. Roseanne and Dan have three children: Becky, Darlene, and D.J. Becky is the girly girl who complains about everything and only really cares about herself and boys. Darlene is the tom-boy that has the same sarcasm and humor as her mother, but gives off a creepy killer vibe. D.J. is the weird little brother who has been through masterbating stages and being alone with his girlfriend on. No wonder we've never seen any of these actors elsewhere.
In this episode, it starts out with D.J. bringing home a neighbor's dog. The family ends up deciding to keep it for a few days until the neighbors decide to come get it (how lazy are these people?). Becky complains about the dog using her untouchables as chew toys and my ears hurt after her shrieking, whining voice. Roseanne can't seem to get a hold of Jackie on the phone, who is sleeping off a drunken night and wakes up to an ex boyfriend showering in her house. Dan ends up having a poker night with the boys and invites Roseanne's boss, a middle aged gay man to a night of pizza beer and cards(this makes me think,"Are they making fun of gay people?"). Roseanne, in turn has a girls night at the diner where the ladies confess to things they're ashamed about, i.e. Jackie's one night stand. Back at Dan's poker night, it turns out he has second thoughts about having Roseanne's boss over, who is more feminine than any of Dan's friends and Dan's awkward-ness of having him there starts to show.
Basically my short description of the characters and an episode is to show how funny I think the creators are for coming up with this show! This 30 minute program shows the "white trash" of society. I don't know if this was made for people to laugh AT or to laugh WITH. I don't exactly know how popular this show was, considering I was in like, 4th grade and I didn't care so I don't know how people responded. My response towards this show, along with my families, is that we laugh WITH them. Even though I'm criticizing the creators, now that I think about it, they ended up depicting people that our society "looks" down upon but in a way where we can laugh with them in their situations and not at them.
I really like Roseanne.
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This show was wildly popular back in the day. When television historians write about it, they write about it as being something that millions of people could relate to because that was the kind of life they lived. I hope they mean in the sense of having to scrape to make ends meet and that sort of thing, rather than how mean they are to one another. I wasn't allowed to watch it because it was vulgar.
Excellent posting!
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